The future of cars
Today Jon, and co-host Robyn Williams from 'The Science Show' on Radio National, talked about the future of cars and driving with Monash University Lecturer Mark Richardson, and CEO of Driver Education...
View ArticleLucy Loo to chew new sewer tunnel
Melbourne's antique sewer system is receiving a high tech upgrade.
View ArticleAre cars electric?
Jon Faine's co-host today was, rather aptly, 774 Traffic Reporter Megan Flamer, as the conversation was all about the electric car. Their guests were CEO of 'Th!nk' in Norway, and one of this year's...
View ArticleSea ice scientist wins national award
A Tasmanian electrical engineer has developed technology to more accurately measure the thickness of snow on Antarctic sea ice.
View ArticleWhy is the World Cup full of angry bees?
Red Symons talks to Trevor Cox, President of the Institute of Acoustics in the UK, in the hope of discovering a way to remove the incessant buzz of the vuvuzela from World Cup broadcasts.
View ArticleCan geoengineering solve climate change?
The multilateral approach to climate change attempted at Copenhagen and Kyoto have so far not managed to substantially reduce our carbon emissions and therefore slow climate change.
View ArticleEngineering teacher helped students cheat: Ombudsman
A Victorian Ombudsman's report has found that a teacher from RMIT University's Aerospace program helped failing students pass exams.
View ArticleWest Gate Bridge tragedy remembered 40 years on
Today marks 40 years since Melbourne's West Gate Bridge collapsed during construction, killing 35 people. After a Royal Commission and a redesign the bridge was completed in 1978. Structural analysis...
View ArticleBBQs inspire scientists to reduce drag
Sizzling barbeque hotplates have inspired scientists to reveal a new mechanism to reduce drag.
View ArticleMy robot - creating the future from home
Meet Risper - an ever evolving robot who gets smarter every day thanks to his creator, Graeme Witney.
View ArticleNew study reignites carbon storage debate
New research beneath farmland in Australia's Otway Basin suggests carbon capture and storage is a safe and effective option, say researchers, but not all are convinced.
View ArticleLooking back but towards the future
The 150th anniversary of the opening of the Geelong to Ballarat railway line was marked with an historic T class locomotive pulling 3 carriages built in the 1920s up the line to Ballarat. Hop on board...
View ArticleSurface dictates how violently water boils
Changing the degree to which a surface repels water can alter how violently water boils, report researchers, a finding that could help improve the efficiency of heating.
View ArticleNew nano-coating from plant chemical
A new nano-coating made from tannic acid and iron could provide a cheap, safe alternative for drug delivery.
View ArticleWorld's first life-sized Lego car, built by Steve Sammartino and Raul Oaida,...
The world's first life-sized, driveable Lego car - made from 500,000 standard pieces of Lego - has hit the streets of Melbourne.
View ArticleHeavy maintenance workers clock-off at Avalon Airport
About 300 staff at the Qantas heavy maintenance base at Avalon Airport near Geelong are leaving the facility for the last time. The airline is closing the base and sending the work offshore. Workers...
View ArticleVictorian universities unveil multi-million-dollar program to stop...
Victorian universities have launched a multi-million-dollar program to combat the decline in take-up rates of science, technology and maths-related courses, amid fears Australia could suffer a...
View ArticleEldorado earmarked for world-first emergency system trial
An interrupted ambulance journey was the catalyst for a new emergency warning system set to be trialled in north-east Victoria this week.
View ArticlePlans unveiled for Beechworth's leaky lake
Locals have raised concerns over a $3 million reconstruction plan for Beechworth's Lake Sambell, but engineers say it's necessary for safety reasons.
View ArticleThe art and science of jazz and sculpture
Allan Browne has been a proud Melbourne jazzer since the sixties, and Skunk Control are scientists making art.
View ArticleRobot battle at UNSW as some of Australia, NZ's brightest minds test...
Some of Australia and New Zealand's smartest minds go head-to-head in a robot challenge to outwit and outlast each other in a test of their design, computer and construction skills.
View ArticleInnovation and entrepreneurship
Gus Balbontin is entrepreneur-in-residence at Victoria University. Prof Robin Batterham is a former Chief Scientist of Australia. They're both working to bring business and academia together.
View ArticleMelbourne's 'Doctor Who' synthesiser EMS Synthi 100 given engineering...
The sounds it makes are straight out of science fiction, but a rare synthesiser housed at Melbourne University is recognised as an historic piece of engineering heritage.
View ArticleMelbourne engineering students take on Hyperloop challenge in US
Hyperloop is the brainchild of technology billionaire Elon Musk, and would see people and cargo transported over land at 1,200 kilometres an hour - the speed of sound. Now a team of RMIT engineering...
View ArticleBid to bring Great Melbourne Telescope back to life running out of time and...
An ambitious restoration project to revive the Great Melbourne Telescope in time for its 150th anniversary is running out of time and money.
View ArticleNew science gallery opens with inaugural exhibition on blood
Science, mathematics, engineering and technology are widely seen as vital future career paths for young Australians. But how to get them to study STEM and keep them there? A new gallery in Melbourne...
View ArticleRMIT's Hyperloop prototype could one day shave Sydney to Melbourne travel to...
Imagine travelling between Sydney and Melbourne at the speed of sound that is the dream of Melbourne university students who will compete next year in the "Hyperloop Pod" competition.
View ArticleUniversity students head back to high school to help change the face of STEM
A mentorship program in Victoria is taking university students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) back to high school in the hope that they will inspire school students to...
View ArticleGender gap in science to last hundreds of years unless more is done
It could take centuries to bridge the gender gap in academic fields like physics and maths unless more is done to correct it, new research shows.
View ArticleAll-electric commercial passenger planes could take off in as little as four...
A Gold Coast aviation technology company believes the first commercial all-electric-powered plane could be just four years away.
View ArticleMelbourne's Baker Institute introduces gender equity fellowship to support...
The Baker Institute is implementing family-friendly meeting times and a gender equity fellowship to make it easier for women to go back to work after having children.
View ArticleSwinburne University researcher has 30 papers retracted, loses job
A Swinburne University scientist loses his job after an internal investigation into alleged research misconduct and dozens of his papers were retracted by scientific journals.
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